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Kasanka National Park is under threat!

Kasanka National Park (Zambia), managed by the Kasanka Trust, is home to the largest terrestrial mammal migration on Earth. This wildlife wonder brings tourists from across the world to visit this unique and beautiful national park.

The park is surrounded by a game management area, which should provide a protection buffer but has seen illegal deforestation of 560 ha by a company preparing the area for agricultural development. The deforestation was halted when authorities became aware of it and the company has now submitted an ESIA (ecological and social impact assessment) to ZEMA (Zambian Environmental Management Agency) who are reviewing the document.

We are asking organisations and individuals to raise their voices with Kasanka Trust, to ensure this agricultural development does not get the go ahead.

There is no mention in the ESIA about bats and very little information about the impact of huge quantities of water planned to be extracted and how this will impact on the communities living in this area. 

You can read a good summary overview in this Africa Geographic article and the background on the Kasanka website.

Ways you can help:
  1. Please consider writing to ZEMA to express your concerns by the 29th of June. To help get you started we have attached a document below with the contact information. Please send your letter via e-mail to [email protected], Thresa Nabuyanda, Principal Inspector Environmental Assessments. ZEMA has been having difficulties with receiving some e-mails, so please also COPY in [email protected], James Mwanza, Kasanka General Manager.
  2. Share this page on social media.
  3. Follow the Kasanka Trust on Facebook and Twitter to keep updated on progress. 
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​Charistmatic straw-coloured fruit bats flying at Kasanka National Park 
(c) Rachael Cooper-Bohannon / Bats without Borders  
To view the ESIA, please visit the ZEMA website.

We have been getting reports the website has been going down. If you have any trouble accessing it, please download the ESIA document provided below.
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  • Why bats
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    • Bats of southern Africa
  • About us
    • Our story
    • Our strategy
    • Our colony
    • Our Partners and Sponsors
    • Jobs / Volunteer
  • Our work
    • Applied research
    • Capacity strengthening >
      • Early Career Training
      • Bat Group Training
    • Conservation action >
      • Fruit bat monitoring in Malawi
      • Copperbelt Bats Project
    • Engagement and education
    • Events & Training >
      • Webinars
      • Past events
  • Our impact
  • GET INVOLVED
    • Business partnership opportunities
    • Fundraise for Bats
    • Kids Zone >
      • Classroom without Walls
    • Shop